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A patient is taking a drug that prevents the physiological markers which accompany anger from occurring. The patient is unable to experience anger while taking this medication, but can experience emotions which do not share physiological markers with anger normally. This provides support for which theory of the origin of emotion? |
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Cannon-Bard Theory
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Schachter-Singer Theory |
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James-Lange Theory |
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The Lazarus Theory |
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Participants in a study met a female confederate on a suspension bridge. Participants, made anxious by their surroundings, tended to feel more attracted to the female confederate compared to other meeting locations. This scenario best describes which theory of emotion? |
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Schachter-Singer |
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James-Lange |
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Cannon-Bard |
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Drive reduction theory |
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According to cognitive dissonance theory, which of the following best describes what people seek to avoid? |
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Negative reactions
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Arguments |
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Excessive stimulation
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Contradictions regarding behaviors and beliefs
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Which of the following is the best example of habituation? |
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A lab mouse learning to press a button for water when a noise is played.
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A dog avoids his owner's bed after being disciplined for lying in it.
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Paul is no longer kept awake by his roommate's late night keyboard typing.
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Noticing a police officer nearby, a pedestrian does not cross the street when there is a red light.
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Which of the following is FALSE regarding the fight-or-flight response? |
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The fight-or-flight response can be described as being part of the sympathetic nervous system.
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The fight-or-flight response can cause a person to feel emotion.
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The fight-or-flight response involves the release of antidiuretic hormone (ADH).
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The fight-or-flight response can suppress the immune system.
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For the past two years, Jane has smoked cigarettes on a regular basis with full knowledge that the habit is bad for her health. According to cognitive dissonance: |
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Jane likely avoids arguments about the safety of tobacco.
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Jane likely avoids friends who are argumentative towards her and her habit.
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Jane might reason that she cannot always avoid every possible dangerous habit or scenario in life.
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Jane cannot quit her habit because she feels powerless against cigarettes.
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A hallmark of Korsakoff Syndrome is apathy to one's surroundings and change. Such emotional detachment suggests damage to which of the following? |
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limbic system |
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Broca's area |
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frontal lobe |
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parietal lobe |
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Operant conditioning differs from classical conditioning in that: |
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operant conditioning uses both a stimulus as well as a reward. |
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operant conditioning works to condition a previously unconditioned stimulus. |
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classical conditioning is largely limited to lower intelligence animals, such as insects and rodents. |
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operant conditioning utilizes punishment or reinforcement to promote a desired behavior. |
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Which of the following theories of learning most closely resembles operant conditioning? |
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biological theory |
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interactionist theory |
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nativist theory |
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learning theory |
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A theoretical individual is raised in an environment without any interaction with other humans. Based on the nativist theory of language, this individual would be expected to: |
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never develop language. |
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naturally have the ability to pick up syntax and grammar. |
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seek other individuals to learn language from. |
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not develop a moral system. |
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Imprinting, as it relates to learning, has the quality that it: |
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typically occurs in older animals. |
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can take place independent of observation or stimulus. |
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is functionally the same type of learning as classical conditioning. |
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is unrelated to consequences of the learned behavior. |
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The psychological theories of Erik Erikson built off of the theories of: |
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Moore. |
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Freud. |
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Vygotsky. |
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Kohlberg. |
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Schachter-Singer theory states that: |
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emotion is purely dependent on physiological arousal based on prior experience. |
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emotion has deeply-rooted cultural as well as biologic bases that are both important in the understanding of emotion. |
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emotion involves physiological arousal with observation of social cues for labeling that emotion. |
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emotions and their physiologic components are independent and function separate each other. |
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Given the definition of the phenomenon of long-term potentiation, it may be inferred that the opposite phenomenon, long-term depression, is when: |
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synapses between neurons are diminished in strength for a prolonged duration. |
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there is a prolonged period of central nervous system depression. |
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depressed mood symptoms linger for a substantive period of time. |
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a negative feedback pathway exists aberrantly between neurons. |
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Interactionist theory states that which of the following are vital in linguistic development? |
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innate biological processes |
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social contact with linguistically knowledgeable individuals |
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internal desire to learn language |
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interactions between the brain and muscle potentials in the face to produce speech |
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A study is performed evaluating abilities and intelligences of several volunteers, specifically focusing on interpersonal abilities as well as mathematical skills. It is found that volunteers had varying degrees of abilities within these areas and that in intelligence in one area did not correlate with intelligence in the other. The psychologists performing this study conclude there are at least two styles or modes of intelligence. This is most closely related to: |
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Gardner theory of multiple intelligence. |
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intelligence flexibility. |
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savant syndrome. |
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polyphasic intelligence. |
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